Google closes Fitbit deal as U.S., Australia probes continue


FILE PHOTO  Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo in this illustration picture taken November 8 2019. REUTERSDado RuvicFile photo

FILE PHOTO: Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo in this illustration picture taken, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Search and advertising giant Google closed its deal to buy fitness tracking company Fitbit, the companies said on Thursday, even as U.S. and Australian competition regulators said they were continuing probes of the $2.1 billion transaction.

The Justice Department, which sued Alphabet Inc's Google in October for allegedly violating antitrust law in its search and search advertising businesses, said it "has not reached a final decision about whether to pursue an enforcement action" regarding the Fitbit deal.

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